Legislation
CHAPTER 16
Education
CHAPTER 820
AN ACT to amend the Education Law, generally.
Became a law April 14, 1947, with the approval of the Governor.
Passed, three-fifths being present.
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:
CHAPTER 16 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS
EDUCATION LAW
TITLE I
General Provisions
Article
1 Short title and definitions (§§ 1--2-d.)
2 Dignity for all students (§§ 10-18.)
3 Education department (§§ 101-187.)
Part I - General provisions (§§ 101-140.)
Part IV - Scientific and historic places (§ 174.)
Part V - Education department optional retirement program
(§§ 180-187.)
5 University of the state of New York (§§ 201-292.)
Part I - General organization (§§ 201--239-b.)
Part 1-A - Cody center for autism and developmental
disabilities (§§ 240-243)
Part II - Libraries (§§ 245-285.)
Part III - Federal funds for vocational education
(§§ 290-292.)
6 Enacted without article heading. (§§ 293-297.)
7 Commissioner of education (§§ 301-318.)
7-A Standardized testing (§§ 340-348.)
8 State University and state financial assistance for higher
education (§§ 350-365.)
8-A State university construction fund (§§ 370-384.)
8-B State university optional retirement program (§§ 390-397.)
8-C Special annuity (§§ 398--399-A.)
9 School buildings and sites (§§ 401-420.)
10 New York city educational construction fund (§§ 450-471.)
10-B City of Yonkers educational construction fund (§§ 475-495.)
10-C Winter sports education trust fund (§ 495-a.)
10-D Regional college cooperative services board (§§ 496-500.)
11 State teachers' retirement system for public school teachers
(§§ 501-539.)
12 Health and safety grants for nonpublic school children
(§§ 549-553.)
12-A Arthur O. Eve Elementary and secondary education opportunity
program (§§ 559-563.)
13 Higher education student financial aid programs
(§§ 601-609.)
13-A Liberty scholarships (§§ 610-612.)
13-B Student lending accountability, transparency and enforcement
act (§§ 620-632.)
13-C Student debt; prohibited practices (§ 640.)
14 New York state higher education services corporation
(§§ 651-689.)
Part I - Corporate structure (§§ 651-660.)
Part II - Student financial aid (§§ 661--679-i.)
Subpart I - General provisions (§§ 661--665-a.)
Subpart II - General awards (§§ 666--669-g.)
Subpart III - Academic performance awards (§§ 670-679.)
Subpart IV - Other awards (§§ 679-a--679-j.)
Part III - Student loans (§§ 680--683-b.)
Part IV - Miscellaneous provisions (§§ 686--689-a.)
Part V - The New York higher education loan program
(§§ 690-694-b.)
14-A New York state college choice tuition savings program
(§§ 695--695-g.)
15 Text-books (§§ 701-705.)
15-A School library materials (§§ 711-712.)
15-B Higher education textbooks (§ 715.)
15-C Textbook access act (§§ 720-724.)
16 Computer technology (§§ 751-755.)
17 Instruction in certain subjects (§§ 801-818.)
19 Medical and health service (§§ 901-925.)
21 Vocational rehabilitation (§§ 1001-1009.)
23 Career education in counties (§§ 1101-1116.)
Part I - Vocational education and extension boards
(§§ 1101-1107.)
Part II - County commission for special education in
Westchester County (§§ 1110-1116.)
23-A Service centers for independent living (§§ 1120-1124.)
23-B Child abuse in an educational setting (§§ 1125-1133.)
24 New York state rural education program act
(§§ 1201-1207.)
TITLE II
SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION
31 School districts (§§ 1501--1527-c.)
32 Filing of expenditure statements by candidates for membership
on board of education (§§ 1528-1531.)
33 Common school districts (§§ 1601-1619.)
35 Union free school districts (§§ 1701-1726.)
37 Central school districts (§§ 1801-1809.)
39 Central high school districts (§§ 1901--1917-a.)
40 Boards of cooperative educational services (§§ 1950-1952.)
40-a Shared personnel (§§ 1980-1981.)
41 District meetings (§§ 2001-2045.)
Part I - General provisions (§§ 2001-2039.)
Part II - Contract system (§§ 2040-2045.)
Part III - Professional services providers (§§ 2050-2054.)
43 School district officers-town and county officials
(§§ 2101-2143.)
Part I - General provisions (§§ 2101-2119.)
Part II - District clerk; treasurer; collector
(§§ 2121-2130.)
Part III - Town and county officials (§§ 2140-2143.)
45 Supervisory districts (§§ 2201-2218.)
51 City school districts of cities with less than one hundred
twenty-five thousand inhabitants (§§ 2501-2530.)
52 City school districts of cities with one hundred twenty-five
thousand inhabitants or more (§§ 2550-2588.)
52-A New York city community school district system
(§§ 2590--2590-v.)
53 School elections in city school districts of cities with less
than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants
(§§ 2601-2613.)
55 Regulation by boards of education of conduct on school
district property (§§ 2801-2814.)
56 Charter schools (§§ 2850 - 2857.)
TITLE IV
TEACHERS AND PUPILS
61 Teachers and supervisory and administrative staff
(§§ 3001-3038.)
63 Salaries of teachers and supervisors (§§ 3101--3109-A.)
65 Compulsory education and school census (§§ 3201-3243.)
Part I - Compulsory education (§§ 3201-3234.)
Part II - School census (§§ 3240-3244.)
66 Interstate compact on educational opportunity for military
children (§§ 3300-3318.)
TITLE V
TAXATION AND FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
73 Apportionment of public moneys (§§ 3601--3650-c.)
Part I - General provisions (§§ 3601-3614.)
Part II - Aidable transportation expense (§§ 3620-3628.)
Part III - Transportation services (§§ 3635-3638.)
Part IV - Special apportionments and grants-in-aid
(§§ 3640-3642.)
Part V - Comprehensive school bus driver safety training
program (§§ 3650--3650-c.)
74 Reserve funds (§§ 3651-3653.)
75 Trusts for schools; gospel and school lots (§§ 3701-3713.)
77 Fines, penalties, forfeitures and costs (§§ 3801-3816.)
TITLE VI
SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND INSTRUCTION
81 Education of children residing in child care institutions
(§§ 4001-4006.)
83 Indian schools (§§ 4101-4119.)
85 Instruction of the deaf and of the blind (§§ 4201-4213.)
87 New York State School for the Blind (§§ 4301-4318.)
88 New York State School for the Deaf (§§ 4351-4358.)
89 Children with disabilities (§§ 4401--4410-c.)
90 Gifted education (§§ 4451-4453.)
91 School camps (§§ 4501-4502.)
93 Career, practical arts, continuing adult education and
vocational and educational guidance (§§ 4601-4607.)
95 Farm schools in counties (§§ 4701-4712.)
97 Home schools in certain cities (§§ 4801-4815.)
99 New York nautical school (§§ 4901-4904.)
101 Private trade and correspondence schools (§§ 5001-5010.)
103 Workplace literacy programs (§§ 5100-5102.)
105 Research Institute on Addictions (§§ 5200-5201.)
TITLE VII
STATE AND CITY COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS-
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
115 Cornell University (§§ 5701-5716.)
119 New York State Legislative Institute (§§ 5901-5905.)
121 State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry (§§ 6001-6007.)
123 The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
(§§ 6101-6103.)
125 City University of New York (§§ 6201-6234.)
125-A Board of higher education optional retirement program
(§§ 6250-6257.)
125-B City university construction fund (§§ 6270-6282.)
126 Community colleges and state-aided four-year colleges
(§§ 6301-6310.)
127 Military service (§§ 6350-6354.)
129 State aid for certain independent institutions of higher
education (§§ 6401-6405.)
129-A Regulation by colleges of conduct on campuses and other
college property used for educational purposes
(§§ 6430--6438-b.)
129-B Implementation by colleges and universities of sexual
assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking
prevention and response policies and procedures
(§§ 6439-6449.)
130 Arthur O. Eve Opportunity for higher education
(§§ 6451-6456.)
TITLE VIII
THE PROFESSIONS
130* General provisions (§§ 6500-6516.)
Subarticle 1. Introductory summary (§§ 6500--6505-e.)
Subarticle 2. State management (§§ 6506-6508.)
Subarticle 3. Professional misconduct (§§ 6509-6511.)
Subarticle 4. Unauthorized acts (§§ 6512-6516.)
131 Medicine (§§ 6520-6529.)
131-A Definitions of professional misconduct applicable to
physicians, physician's assistants and specialist's
assistants (§§ 6530-6532.)
131-B Physician assistants (§§ 6540-6546.)
131-C Specialist assistants (§§6547--6549-b.)
132 Chiropractic (§§ 6550-6556.)
133 Dentistry and dental hygiene (§§ 6600-6613.)
134 Licensed perfusionists (§§ 6630-6636.)
135 Veterinary medicine and animal health technology
(§§ 6700-6715.)
136 Physical therapy and physical therapist assistants
(§§ 6730-6743.)
137 Pharmacy (§§ 6800-6832.)
137-A Registered pharmacy technicians (§§ 6840-6844.)
139 Nursing (§§ 6900-6912.)
140 Professional Midwifery Practice Act (§§ 6950-6958.)
141 Podiatry (§§ 7000-7010.)
143 Optometry (§§ 7100-7107.)
144 Ophthalmic dispensing (§§ 7120-7128.)
145 Engineering and land surveying (§§ 7200-7211.)
147 Architecture (§§ 7300-7308.)
148 Landscape architecture (§§ 7320-7328.)
149 Public accountancy (§§ 7400-7410.)
151 Shorthand reporting (§§ 7500-7504.)
153 Psychology (§§ 7600-7607.)
154 Social work (§§ 7700-7710.)
155 Massage therapy (§§ 7800-7807.)
156 Occupational therapy (§§ 7900-7908.)
157 Dietetics and nutrition (§§ 8000-8006.)
159 Speech-language pathologists and audiologists
(§§ 8200-8209.)
160 Acupuncture (§§ 8210-8216.)
161 Interior design (§§ 8300-8307.)
162 Athletic trainers (§§ 8350-8358.)
163 Mental health practitioners (§§ 8400-8412.)
164 Respiratory therapists and respiratory therapy technicians
(§§ 8500-8513.)
165 Clinical laboratory technology practice act
(§§ 8600-8610.)
166 Medical physics practice (§§ 8700-8709)
167 Applied behavior analysis (§§ 8800-8808)
168 Licensed pathologists' assistants (§§ 8850-8856)
TITLE IX
LAWS REPEALED; SAVING CLAUSE; WHEN TO TAKE EFFECT
170 Laws repealed; saving clause; when to take effect
(§§ 9001-9003.)
AN ACT to amend the Education Law, generally.
Became a law April 14, 1947, with the approval of the Governor.
Passed, three-fifths being present.
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:
CHAPTER 16 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS
EDUCATION LAW
TITLE I
General Provisions
Article
1 Short title and definitions (§§ 1--2-d.)
2 Dignity for all students (§§ 10-18.)
3 Education department (§§ 101-187.)
Part I - General provisions (§§ 101-140.)
Part IV - Scientific and historic places (§ 174.)
Part V - Education department optional retirement program
(§§ 180-187.)
5 University of the state of New York (§§ 201-292.)
Part I - General organization (§§ 201--239-b.)
Part 1-A - Cody center for autism and developmental
disabilities (§§ 240-243)
Part II - Libraries (§§ 245-285.)
Part III - Federal funds for vocational education
(§§ 290-292.)
6 Enacted without article heading. (§§ 293-297.)
7 Commissioner of education (§§ 301-318.)
7-A Standardized testing (§§ 340-348.)
8 State University and state financial assistance for higher
education (§§ 350-365.)
8-A State university construction fund (§§ 370-384.)
8-B State university optional retirement program (§§ 390-397.)
8-C Special annuity (§§ 398--399-A.)
9 School buildings and sites (§§ 401-420.)
10 New York city educational construction fund (§§ 450-471.)
10-B City of Yonkers educational construction fund (§§ 475-495.)
10-C Winter sports education trust fund (§ 495-a.)
10-D Regional college cooperative services board (§§ 496-500.)
11 State teachers' retirement system for public school teachers
(§§ 501-539.)
12 Health and safety grants for nonpublic school children
(§§ 549-553.)
12-A Arthur O. Eve Elementary and secondary education opportunity
program (§§ 559-563.)
13 Higher education student financial aid programs
(§§ 601-609.)
13-A Liberty scholarships (§§ 610-612.)
13-B Student lending accountability, transparency and enforcement
act (§§ 620-632.)
13-C Student debt; prohibited practices (§ 640.)
14 New York state higher education services corporation
(§§ 651-689.)
Part I - Corporate structure (§§ 651-660.)
Part II - Student financial aid (§§ 661--679-i.)
Subpart I - General provisions (§§ 661--665-a.)
Subpart II - General awards (§§ 666--669-g.)
Subpart III - Academic performance awards (§§ 670-679.)
Subpart IV - Other awards (§§ 679-a--679-j.)
Part III - Student loans (§§ 680--683-b.)
Part IV - Miscellaneous provisions (§§ 686--689-a.)
Part V - The New York higher education loan program
(§§ 690-694-b.)
14-A New York state college choice tuition savings program
(§§ 695--695-g.)
15 Text-books (§§ 701-705.)
15-A School library materials (§§ 711-712.)
15-B Higher education textbooks (§ 715.)
15-C Textbook access act (§§ 720-724.)
16 Computer technology (§§ 751-755.)
17 Instruction in certain subjects (§§ 801-818.)
19 Medical and health service (§§ 901-925.)
21 Vocational rehabilitation (§§ 1001-1009.)
23 Career education in counties (§§ 1101-1116.)
Part I - Vocational education and extension boards
(§§ 1101-1107.)
Part II - County commission for special education in
Westchester County (§§ 1110-1116.)
23-A Service centers for independent living (§§ 1120-1124.)
23-B Child abuse in an educational setting (§§ 1125-1133.)
24 New York state rural education program act
(§§ 1201-1207.)
TITLE II
SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION
31 School districts (§§ 1501--1527-c.)
32 Filing of expenditure statements by candidates for membership
on board of education (§§ 1528-1531.)
33 Common school districts (§§ 1601-1619.)
35 Union free school districts (§§ 1701-1726.)
37 Central school districts (§§ 1801-1809.)
39 Central high school districts (§§ 1901--1917-a.)
40 Boards of cooperative educational services (§§ 1950-1952.)
40-a Shared personnel (§§ 1980-1981.)
41 District meetings (§§ 2001-2045.)
Part I - General provisions (§§ 2001-2039.)
Part II - Contract system (§§ 2040-2045.)
Part III - Professional services providers (§§ 2050-2054.)
43 School district officers-town and county officials
(§§ 2101-2143.)
Part I - General provisions (§§ 2101-2119.)
Part II - District clerk; treasurer; collector
(§§ 2121-2130.)
Part III - Town and county officials (§§ 2140-2143.)
45 Supervisory districts (§§ 2201-2218.)
51 City school districts of cities with less than one hundred
twenty-five thousand inhabitants (§§ 2501-2530.)
52 City school districts of cities with one hundred twenty-five
thousand inhabitants or more (§§ 2550-2588.)
52-A New York city community school district system
(§§ 2590--2590-v.)
53 School elections in city school districts of cities with less
than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants
(§§ 2601-2613.)
55 Regulation by boards of education of conduct on school
district property (§§ 2801-2814.)
56 Charter schools (§§ 2850 - 2857.)
TITLE IV
TEACHERS AND PUPILS
61 Teachers and supervisory and administrative staff
(§§ 3001-3038.)
63 Salaries of teachers and supervisors (§§ 3101--3109-A.)
65 Compulsory education and school census (§§ 3201-3243.)
Part I - Compulsory education (§§ 3201-3234.)
Part II - School census (§§ 3240-3244.)
66 Interstate compact on educational opportunity for military
children (§§ 3300-3318.)
TITLE V
TAXATION AND FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
73 Apportionment of public moneys (§§ 3601--3650-c.)
Part I - General provisions (§§ 3601-3614.)
Part II - Aidable transportation expense (§§ 3620-3628.)
Part III - Transportation services (§§ 3635-3638.)
Part IV - Special apportionments and grants-in-aid
(§§ 3640-3642.)
Part V - Comprehensive school bus driver safety training
program (§§ 3650--3650-c.)
74 Reserve funds (§§ 3651-3653.)
75 Trusts for schools; gospel and school lots (§§ 3701-3713.)
77 Fines, penalties, forfeitures and costs (§§ 3801-3816.)
TITLE VI
SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND INSTRUCTION
81 Education of children residing in child care institutions
(§§ 4001-4006.)
83 Indian schools (§§ 4101-4119.)
85 Instruction of the deaf and of the blind (§§ 4201-4213.)
87 New York State School for the Blind (§§ 4301-4318.)
88 New York State School for the Deaf (§§ 4351-4358.)
89 Children with disabilities (§§ 4401--4410-c.)
90 Gifted education (§§ 4451-4453.)
91 School camps (§§ 4501-4502.)
93 Career, practical arts, continuing adult education and
vocational and educational guidance (§§ 4601-4607.)
95 Farm schools in counties (§§ 4701-4712.)
97 Home schools in certain cities (§§ 4801-4815.)
99 New York nautical school (§§ 4901-4904.)
101 Private trade and correspondence schools (§§ 5001-5010.)
103 Workplace literacy programs (§§ 5100-5102.)
105 Research Institute on Addictions (§§ 5200-5201.)
TITLE VII
STATE AND CITY COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS-
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
115 Cornell University (§§ 5701-5716.)
119 New York State Legislative Institute (§§ 5901-5905.)
121 State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry (§§ 6001-6007.)
123 The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
(§§ 6101-6103.)
125 City University of New York (§§ 6201-6234.)
125-A Board of higher education optional retirement program
(§§ 6250-6257.)
125-B City university construction fund (§§ 6270-6282.)
126 Community colleges and state-aided four-year colleges
(§§ 6301-6310.)
127 Military service (§§ 6350-6354.)
129 State aid for certain independent institutions of higher
education (§§ 6401-6405.)
129-A Regulation by colleges of conduct on campuses and other
college property used for educational purposes
(§§ 6430--6438-b.)
129-B Implementation by colleges and universities of sexual
assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking
prevention and response policies and procedures
(§§ 6439-6449.)
130 Arthur O. Eve Opportunity for higher education
(§§ 6451-6456.)
TITLE VIII
THE PROFESSIONS
130* General provisions (§§ 6500-6516.)
Subarticle 1. Introductory summary (§§ 6500--6505-e.)
Subarticle 2. State management (§§ 6506-6508.)
Subarticle 3. Professional misconduct (§§ 6509-6511.)
Subarticle 4. Unauthorized acts (§§ 6512-6516.)
131 Medicine (§§ 6520-6529.)
131-A Definitions of professional misconduct applicable to
physicians, physician's assistants and specialist's
assistants (§§ 6530-6532.)
131-B Physician assistants (§§ 6540-6546.)
131-C Specialist assistants (§§6547--6549-b.)
132 Chiropractic (§§ 6550-6556.)
133 Dentistry and dental hygiene (§§ 6600-6613.)
134 Licensed perfusionists (§§ 6630-6636.)
135 Veterinary medicine and animal health technology
(§§ 6700-6715.)
136 Physical therapy and physical therapist assistants
(§§ 6730-6743.)
137 Pharmacy (§§ 6800-6832.)
137-A Registered pharmacy technicians (§§ 6840-6844.)
139 Nursing (§§ 6900-6912.)
140 Professional Midwifery Practice Act (§§ 6950-6958.)
141 Podiatry (§§ 7000-7010.)
143 Optometry (§§ 7100-7107.)
144 Ophthalmic dispensing (§§ 7120-7128.)
145 Engineering and land surveying (§§ 7200-7211.)
147 Architecture (§§ 7300-7308.)
148 Landscape architecture (§§ 7320-7328.)
149 Public accountancy (§§ 7400-7410.)
151 Shorthand reporting (§§ 7500-7504.)
153 Psychology (§§ 7600-7607.)
154 Social work (§§ 7700-7710.)
155 Massage therapy (§§ 7800-7807.)
156 Occupational therapy (§§ 7900-7908.)
157 Dietetics and nutrition (§§ 8000-8006.)
159 Speech-language pathologists and audiologists
(§§ 8200-8209.)
160 Acupuncture (§§ 8210-8216.)
161 Interior design (§§ 8300-8307.)
162 Athletic trainers (§§ 8350-8358.)
163 Mental health practitioners (§§ 8400-8412.)
164 Respiratory therapists and respiratory therapy technicians
(§§ 8500-8513.)
165 Clinical laboratory technology practice act
(§§ 8600-8610.)
166 Medical physics practice (§§ 8700-8709)
167 Applied behavior analysis (§§ 8800-8808)
168 Licensed pathologists' assistants (§§ 8850-8856)
TITLE IX
LAWS REPEALED; SAVING CLAUSE; WHEN TO TAKE EFFECT
170 Laws repealed; saving clause; when to take effect
(§§ 9001-9003.)